Poetry competition CLOSED 21st January 2013 6:15pm
WINNER
Echo (xxStitchxx)
Echo (xxStitchxx)
RUNNER-UP:
Darkshine
To your future self
Anonymous
Poetry Contest Description
If you could write a letter to your future self, what would you say?
It can be however long you want no limits, enjoy!
Anonymous
Not so dear to a future shelf,
Have you still locked
Up your soul?
And is your heart
As friendly as a dead fish?
Still?!
Epic
Fail.
Have you gotten rid
Of those clingy friends
Thrown out the people
Who abuse you?
No?!
Wimp.
Have you recolored the sky
Filled it with blue
Instead of gray
And removed the clouds to
Reveal the sun?
Not yet?!
Oh forget it.
Never mind
I don't want to talk to you
As you've failed to accomplish
The things you wished to do.
Ungreatfully,
Your enemy,
You.
Have you still locked
Up your soul?
And is your heart
As friendly as a dead fish?
Still?!
Epic
Fail.
Have you gotten rid
Of those clingy friends
Thrown out the people
Who abuse you?
No?!
Wimp.
Have you recolored the sky
Filled it with blue
Instead of gray
And removed the clouds to
Reveal the sun?
Not yet?!
Oh forget it.
Never mind
I don't want to talk to you
As you've failed to accomplish
The things you wished to do.
Ungreatfully,
Your enemy,
You.
Hello
Hello I am Your Past
And now your present
Are you still broken?
Are you still stranded on that island of guilt
And sadness an pain and anger?
Hello I am your present
Are you still with whom you love?
Did you fulfill your dreams as a university student?
Are you successful or like your mother?
Hello, I am your present
Back then I wouldve been your future
If fate had it's ways
Are you still in the dark
Or have you found light?
Have those scars on your wrists finally faded?
Are. You. Better yet?
Hello I am Your Past
And now your present
Are you still broken?
Are you still stranded on that island of guilt
And sadness an pain and anger?
Hello I am your present
Are you still with whom you love?
Did you fulfill your dreams as a university student?
Are you successful or like your mother?
Hello, I am your present
Back then I wouldve been your future
If fate had it's ways
Are you still in the dark
Or have you found light?
Have those scars on your wrists finally faded?
Are. You. Better yet?
Anonymous
These are really good so far!
To Myself of the future,
How are things? Did you finally do something with your life? Get married and have those kids you always wanted? ...I hope so... Are you still a hopeless dreamer or have you finally upgraded to a hopeful dreamer that accomplishes instead of wishing? Did you succeed on your own?
Now just one last question... Do You Remember all the stuff I'm going through in order for you to be where you are?!
You do?
Good.
Sincerely,
Me
How are things? Did you finally do something with your life? Get married and have those kids you always wanted? ...I hope so... Are you still a hopeless dreamer or have you finally upgraded to a hopeful dreamer that accomplishes instead of wishing? Did you succeed on your own?
Now just one last question... Do You Remember all the stuff I'm going through in order for you to be where you are?!
You do?
Good.
Sincerely,
Me
This is my message in a bottle
to me when I'm old n' grey
I've lived my life the best I can
Ship hit an ice berg
now i'm stranded on a strange land
there is no man Friday
in fact I don't know what day it is
excuse me for a minute while I go and take a piss
Here I am back again
paper n' pad in hand
the only things that I saved as I swam for land
'Cause whoever gets my
message in a bottle
come save me here as I stand
Looking for the message
that I threw from my
stranded land.
to me when I'm old n' grey
I've lived my life the best I can
Ship hit an ice berg
now i'm stranded on a strange land
there is no man Friday
in fact I don't know what day it is
excuse me for a minute while I go and take a piss
Here I am back again
paper n' pad in hand
the only things that I saved as I swam for land
'Cause whoever gets my
message in a bottle
come save me here as I stand
Looking for the message
that I threw from my
stranded land.
Dear future self,
I really hope that all of my penny-pinching has payed off and I'm rich by now! If not, then I'm really upset! Knowing me, if I hadn't attained that long-term goal, then I'm probably alright with it, thinking that's just the way it is. Knowing me, I'm probably reading this letter, in the future, with a big, dumb grin on my face. Though way I'm feeling now, when I wrote this, there's nothing to smile about so knock that stupid grin off of my face! Thought of a few luxuries I wanted to go buy today but fought the temptation because I'm trying to save all I can, for you, my future self! You know why? I do without so you can have! I want the best for you, my future self! Why? You better remember the obvious answer to this! I do this because I love you, me, us! Am becoming teary-eyed and emotional now. My emotions' run deep for me. I really hope that you are doing well. I can't wait to see you. It's just you and me! Me now and me in the future. Us!
Although if my future self is rich and all my hard work has payed off, please disregard all I've written so far. Just hoping I haven't become a grumpy, old, bastard turned bitter by life and all!
If not, all has turned out good then.
Sincerely & wth deep love and affection,
My past self. xoxo.
(I wouldn't really write this to myself but just thought I'd entertain myself by participating in this.) Almost forgot to mention that!
I really hope that all of my penny-pinching has payed off and I'm rich by now! If not, then I'm really upset! Knowing me, if I hadn't attained that long-term goal, then I'm probably alright with it, thinking that's just the way it is. Knowing me, I'm probably reading this letter, in the future, with a big, dumb grin on my face. Though way I'm feeling now, when I wrote this, there's nothing to smile about so knock that stupid grin off of my face! Thought of a few luxuries I wanted to go buy today but fought the temptation because I'm trying to save all I can, for you, my future self! You know why? I do without so you can have! I want the best for you, my future self! Why? You better remember the obvious answer to this! I do this because I love you, me, us! Am becoming teary-eyed and emotional now. My emotions' run deep for me. I really hope that you are doing well. I can't wait to see you. It's just you and me! Me now and me in the future. Us!
Although if my future self is rich and all my hard work has payed off, please disregard all I've written so far. Just hoping I haven't become a grumpy, old, bastard turned bitter by life and all!
If not, all has turned out good then. Sincerely & wth deep love and affection,
My past self. xoxo.
(I wouldn't really write this to myself but just thought I'd entertain myself by participating in this.
) Almost forgot to mention that!
"Can You Rememeber, When We Were Younger?"
I don't pray anymore
spirits knock on my door
i do not recall
the last time i fell.
sticks and stones may brake bones
we swapped are toys for mobile phones
can you remember when we were younger?
I remember when we were young
we would play war with sticks
and toy guns.
but i cant come out to play no more
i don't play childish games anymore.
I offer a truce
but you cant handle the truth
I never played well with the other boys and girls
are youth was bypassed for other thrills and spills
i cant continue no more
my hands grasp the handle on the door
but will we remember when we are older?
We used to party to the Max
and now all we pay is tax
we are fading from view
i don't want to be scared anymore
we fall through cracks in the floor
Can you remember when we were younger?
Never submit
never admit
never regret
the people you met
the things that you done
the battles you won
make you who you are
who you were
and who you will be again.
I don't pray anymore
spirits knock on my door
i do not recall
the last time i fell.
sticks and stones may brake bones
we swapped are toys for mobile phones
can you remember when we were younger?
I remember when we were young
we would play war with sticks
and toy guns.
but i cant come out to play no more
i don't play childish games anymore.
I offer a truce
but you cant handle the truth
I never played well with the other boys and girls
are youth was bypassed for other thrills and spills
i cant continue no more
my hands grasp the handle on the door
but will we remember when we are older?
We used to party to the Max
and now all we pay is tax
we are fading from view
i don't want to be scared anymore
we fall through cracks in the floor
Can you remember when we were younger?
Never submit
never admit
never regret
the people you met
the things that you done
the battles you won
make you who you are
who you were
and who you will be again.
Said's of the dead poets
follow me
and I'll easily show you
where the true danger lurks
coiled up ready
to squeeze the breath of you
and there'll be no thing you can do
but give yourself whole
total
the blackness will hug you
pursue and seduce you
then leave you sullied, stained
scarred and maimed
stretched out on the floor
gasping for more of the same
and then
when the light does find its way
through the cracks
when the cold hard facts
hit you like the night breeze
or a dip in the iced seas
knock you for six
leave you slumped, broken
and choking back tears
then you'll search
for the said's of the dead poets
and fill your head
with as many lines as it might take
to make the emptiness subside
drown out the jeers
dry the burning, acrid tears
and the light will hug you
pursue and seduce you
then leave you sullied, stained
scarred and maimed
stretched out on the floor
gasping for more of the same.
follow me
and I'll easily show you
where the true danger lurks
coiled up ready
to squeeze the breath of you
and there'll be no thing you can do
but give yourself whole
total
the blackness will hug you
pursue and seduce you
then leave you sullied, stained
scarred and maimed
stretched out on the floor
gasping for more of the same
and then
when the light does find its way
through the cracks
when the cold hard facts
hit you like the night breeze
or a dip in the iced seas
knock you for six
leave you slumped, broken
and choking back tears
then you'll search
for the said's of the dead poets
and fill your head
with as many lines as it might take
to make the emptiness subside
drown out the jeers
dry the burning, acrid tears
and the light will hug you
pursue and seduce you
then leave you sullied, stained
scarred and maimed
stretched out on the floor
gasping for more of the same.
Congratulations,
The sun rises in hues of black,
basking in shades of overcast;
I presume you've experienced the light by now.
(You mustn't read in the shadows,
every word turns its sinister head).
I've seen you in chilling
shut-eyed meanderings:
my psychotic visions.
Always secluded in character,
I understand that you see
colours no one else does,
(tinged red, tinted blue).
Living the way no one else would dare.
I wonder if they receive
letters in the afterlife,
sealed lethal with crimson loathing.
Ruthlessly in suspense,
Your past-self.
hold on i got it
good idea with the oak box in your will its nice for my body
if you find (by some god sent marical) a reason to live
knowing you a girl
good job clap clap
your all the seccsess i wanted and i'd envoy me from this time
good idea with the oak box in your will its nice for my body
if you find (by some god sent marical) a reason to live
knowing you a girl
good job clap clap
your all the seccsess i wanted and i'd envoy me from this time
Anonymous
Penitence
Look at me Evan
straight in the eyes.
And tell me one thing
have you accepted
what you have done?
All you have lost
it was taken
because of you.
Your need for vengeance
destroyed everything.
And left you only bitter
Evan Sarov
accept what you have done.
Seek her out and apologise
for all you have done
And all those who have wronged you
you hunted them down
Unjustified? Yes.
You were never unleashed.
Nothing gave you the power
to wrong your rights.
Your fear reaches out to those
that can comfort you.
You will never be comforted
Your hatred burns in your eyes
like the fire of the sun.
You are void of compassion
the wind bites at you.
Buried deep inside you
there still rests hope
and love.
Trapt by the guilt
and the failures of your past.
You will never be forgiven
if you can never forgive yourself.
Remember the fallen..
and one day you will.
Look at me Evan
straight in the eyes.
And tell me one thing
have you accepted
what you have done?
All you have lost
it was taken
because of you.
Your need for vengeance
destroyed everything.
And left you only bitter
Evan Sarov
accept what you have done.
Seek her out and apologise
for all you have done
And all those who have wronged you
you hunted them down
Unjustified? Yes.
You were never unleashed.
Nothing gave you the power
to wrong your rights.
Your fear reaches out to those
that can comfort you.
You will never be comforted
Your hatred burns in your eyes
like the fire of the sun.
You are void of compassion
the wind bites at you.
Buried deep inside you
there still rests hope
and love.
Trapt by the guilt
and the failures of your past.
You will never be forgiven
if you can never forgive yourself.
Remember the fallen..
and one day you will.
